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ILLUSTRATED BY 

W. T. SMEDLEY, FRED. B. SCHELL, ALFRED FREDERICKS, GRANVILLE 
PERKINS, % D. WOODWARD, AND EDMUND H. GARRETT. 



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Illustrated Title, 

Head-Piece, 

Vignette, 

A Soldier of the Legion," . 
There was lack of woman's nursing," . 
Take a message and a token," . 
Tell my brothers and companions," 
' That we fought the battle bravely," . 
Full many a corpse lay ghastly pale," . 



Frederic B. Schell. 
Edmund H. Garrett. 
Edmund H. Garrett. 
William T. Smedley. 

Granville Perkins. 

Frederic B. Schell. 
William T. Smedley. 

Alfred Fredericks. 
Frederic B. Schell. 



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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



" And 'midst the dead and dying," 
" Tell my mother that her other sons," 
" My heart leap'd forth to hear him tell," 
" Tell my sister not to weep," 
" But to look upon them proudly," 
" There's another — not a sister," 
" Tell her the last night of my life," 
" I saw the blue Rhine sweep along," 
'' The German songs we used to sing," . 
" And her little hand lay lightly," 
" His voice grew faint and hoarser," 
" And the soft moon rose up slowly," 
" On the red sand of the battle-field," 
Tail-Piece, 



ARTIST. 

Granville Perkins. 
William T. Smedley. 

Granville Perkins. 
Alfred Fredericks. 

Granville Perkins. 

William T. Smedley. 

J. D. Woodward. 

Frederic B. Schell. 

Granville Perkins. 
William T. Smedley. 
William T. Smedley. 

Frederic B. Schell. 

Granville Perkins. 

Granville Perkins. 




a SOLDIER of the Legion lay dying 
in Algiers ; 



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TT7HERE was lack of woman's 
* nursing, there was dearth 

of woman's tears ; 
But a comrade stood beside 

him, while his life-blood 

ebb'd away, 
And bent, with pitying glances, 

to hear what he might say. 
The dying soldier falter'd as he 

took that comrade's hand, 
And he said, "I never more 



shall see my own, my a 












" TT7AKE a message and a token to some 
A distant friends of mine, 
For I was born at Bingen — at Bingen on 
the Rhine. 




"TTTELIv my brothers and companions, when 
L s they meet and crowd around 
To hear my mournful story in the pleasant 
vineyard ground, 




"YT7HAT we fought the battle bravely, and 
"X when the dav was done 




FUIyL, many a corpse lay ghastly pale 
beneath the setting sun. 




aND 'midst the dead and dy- 
k ing were some grown old 
in wars, 

The death -wound on their gallant 
breasts, the last of many 
scars ; 

But some were young, and 
suddenly beheld life's 
morn decline, 

And one had come 
from Bingen, fair 
Bingen on the 
Rhine. 




" TT7ELL my mother that her other 
A sons shall comfort her old age, 
And I was aye a truant bird, that 
thought his home a cage, 
For my father was a soldier, and even as a child 



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Y heart leap'd 
forth to hear 
him tell of struggles 
fierce and wild; 
And when he died, and left 
us to divide his scanty 
hoard, 
I let them take whate'er they 
would, but kept my father's 
sword, 
And with boyish love I hung it 
where the bright light used 
to shine 
On the cottage -wall at Bingen — 
calm Bingen on the Rhine. 




" TT7BlyI< my sister not to weep for me, and 
1 sob with drooping head, 
When the troops are marching home again 
with glad and gallant tread, 








T^UT to look upon them proudly, 
*-* with a calm and steadfast eye, 
For her brother was a soldier too, 
and not afraid to die. 
And if a comrade seek her love, I ask 
her in my name 
To listen to him kindly, without 
regret or shame, 
And to hang the old sword in its 
place (my father's sword 
and mine), 
For the honor of old Bingen — 
dear Bingen on the 
Rhine. 



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"TT7ELL her the last 
^r night of my life 
(for ere the moon 
be risen 
My body will be out of 
pain — my soul be 
out of prison), 
I dream'd I stood with 
her, and saw the 
yellow sunlight 
shine 
On the vineclad hills of Bingen— fair Bingen 
on the Rhine. 




rSAW the blue Rhine sweep along — I heard, 
or seemed to hear 



"TT7HE German songs we 
** used to sing, in chorus 
sweet and clear, 

And down the pleasant river, and 
up the slanting hill, 

The echoing chorus sounded 
through the evening calm 
and still; 

And her glad blue eyes were 
on me as we pass'd with 
friendly talk 

Down many a path beloved 
of yore, and well-remem- 
ber'd walk. 






11 fJND her little hand lay light- 
£sl ly, confidingly in mine; 
But we'll meet no more at Bingen 
— loved Bingen on the Rhine." 




§IS voice grew faint and hoarser — his 
grasp was childish weak — 
His eyes put on a dying look — he sigh'd 

and ceased to speak; 
His comrade bent to lift him, but the spark 

of life had fled — 
The soldier of the Region in a foreign 
land was dead ! 



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ND the soft moon rose up slowly, and 
calmly she look'd down 



0N the red sand of the battle-field, 
with bloody corpses strown ; 
Yea, calmly on that dreadful scene her 

pale light seem'd to shine, 
As it shone on distant Bingen — fair Bin- 
gen on the Rhine. 







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